koni
1. (verb) to move, alter position.
Kua pari nei te tai, ā, ki te mea ka tika te whakahaere e tātou, kātahi ka tino koni ake a Niu Tīrani (MM.TKM 15/9/1859:6). / The tide is flowing, which, if we organise things correctly, will really move New Zealand upwards.
See also koni atu rānei
Synonyms: kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki
koni atu
1. more than.
Ko ia te whakamutunga o ngā rangatira kaumātua o Te Aupōuri, e kīia ana i koni atu ōna tau i te 100 (TWMNT 11/7/1876:161). / He was the last of the elderly chiefs of the Te Aupōuri tribe, and was said to be over 100 years old.
See also koni atu rānei
koni atu rānei
1. or more.
E whā rau taraka kī ana i te hōia, kotahi rau koni atu rānei (TWK 8:30). / There were four hundred trucks full of soldiers, one hundred or more.
Synonyms: neke atu, nuku atu, neke atu rānei, makere, ngahoro
